Wafer Cut and Rotation to Improve the Compound yield for 3D Wafer-on-Wafer Stacking Bei Zhang

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Wafer Cut and Rotation to Improve the Compound yield for 3D Wafer-on-Wafer Stacking Bei Zhang Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Auburn University, AL 36849 USA Thesis Advisor: Dr. Vishwani D. Agrawal Thesis Committee: Dr. Victor Nelson Dr. Adit Singh Dr. Charles Stroud

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Wafer Cut and Rotation to Improve the Compound yield for 3D Wafer-

on-Wafer StackingBei Zhang

Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringAuburn University, AL 36849 USA

Thesis Advisor: Dr. Vishwani D. AgrawalThesis Committee: Dr. Victor Nelson

Dr. Adit Singh Dr. Charles Stroud

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Presentation Outline Introduction Problem Statement Previous efforts Our efforts

Proposed a hybrid wafer stacking procedure Proposed a new wafer manipulation method Exploited more defect models Die per sector calculator

Experimental results Future work

Pollution elimination Find the optimal number of cuts

Conclusion

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Introduction

What’s 3D IC?

A chip in which two or more layers of active electronic components are integrated horizontally or vertically into

a single circuit.

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Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-dimensional_integrated_circuit

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Introduction

3D IC basic structure:

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Through silicon Via (TSV)

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Introduction

3D Packaging?

3D transistor?

In 3D packaging, separate chips are stacked in a single package. However, these chips are not integrated into a single circuit.

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Introduction

Why 3D IC?

TSV connect the planar wafer in the vertical direction. This reduces the need for long wires which in turn reduces the delay and power consumption.

Heterogeneous integration.

Reduced foot-print size, desirable in hand-held devices.

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Introduction

3D IC fabrication methods:

Die on Die stacking (D2D) Die on Wafer stacking (D2W) Advantages : Higher yield, can stack only known good dies Disadvantages: 1) Hard to handle and stack, Process expensive

2) Low throughput 3) May not applicable to high-end systems Wafer on Wafer stacking (W2W) Advantages : 1) Highest throughput 2) Allows for highest TSV density Disadvantages: Low compound stacking yield

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Introduction

Why compound yield loss in W2W stacking?

Bottom layer

Stack

Bad

Good

Bottom layer Top layer

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Introduction

Wafers versus Layers in 3D W2W stacking

Bottom layer

M. Taouil, S. Hamdioui, J. Verbree, and E. Marinissen, “On Maximizing the compound yield for 3D wafer-to-wafer stacked IC," in Proc. International Test Conf., 2010, pp. 1-10.

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Presentation Outline Introduction Problem Statement Previous efforts Our efforts

Proposed a hybrid wafer stacking procedure Proposed a new wafer manipulation method Exploited more defect models Die per sector calculator

Experimental results Future work

Pollution elimination Find the optimal number of cuts

Conclusion

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Problem Statement

• Conditions:• N number of repositories each with K wafers • Fault maps for all wafers based on pre-bond testing• A production size of M 3D ICs

• Objective:• Maximize the overall compound yield OR• Maximize the overall number of good 3D ICs

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Presentation Outline Introduction Problem Statement Previous efforts Our efforts

Proposed a hybrid wafer stacking procedure Proposed a new wafer manipulation method Exploited more defect models Die per sector calculator

Experimental results Future work

Pollution elimination Find the optimal number of cuts

Conclusion

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Previous Efforts

Exploiting different repository replenishment schemes

Exploiting various matching algorithms

Exploiting different matching criteria

Exploiting more practical defect models

Specifically design wafers for matching

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Repository replenish schemes can be: Static Repository

• None of the repositories will be replenished until they run out of wafers.

Running Repository• Each repository is immediately replenished with a new

wafer each time a wafer is selected.

Different Repository Schemes

M. Taouil, S. Hamdioui, J. Verbree, and E. J. Marinissen, “On Maximizing the compound yield for 3D wafer-to-wafer stacked IC," in Proc. International Test Conf., 2010, pp. 1-10.

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Matching algorithms based on Static repository:

Matching Algorithms

S. Reda, G. Smith, and L. Smith, “Maximizing the Functional Yield of Wafer-to-Wafer 3-D Integration,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 17, no. 9, pp. 1357–1362, Sept. 2009.

Globally greedy matching

Iterative matching heuristic

Integer linear programming

Iterative greedy

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Matching algorithms based on Running repository:

Matching Algorithms

First in First out 1 (FIFO1)

First in First out n (FIFOn)

Best Pair (BP)

A general W2W matching framework can be found in Taouil’s ITC paper, 2010

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Matching criteria:

Matching Criteria

Maximize matching good dies

Maximizing matching bad dies

Minimize matching between good and bad dies (UF)

,( ) max( , ( ))i j i jMax MG G F F

,( ) max( , ( ))i j i jMax UF G F F

,( ) max( , ( ))i j i jMax MF G F F

( ),

i iG F Number of good dies in wafer with fault map Fi j Index of wafers in repository

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Illustration of two different kinds of wafer maps:

More Practical Wafer Maps

Uniform Clustered

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Wafers fabricated with rotational symmetry:

Specifically Designed Wafers

B. Zhang, B. Li, V. D. Agrawal, “Wafer cut and rotation to improve the compound yield for 3D Wafer-on-Wafer stacking,“ Proc. International Test Conf., 2013, submitted.

E. Singh, “Exploiting Rtational Symmetries for Improved Stacked Yields in W2W 3D-SICs,” in Proc. IEEE 29th VLSI Test Symposium (VTS), 2011, pp. 32–37.

Double rotation Fourfold rotation

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Presentation Outline Introduction Problem Statement Previous efforts Our efforts

Proposed a hybrid wafer stacking procedure Proposed a new wafer manipulation method Exploited more defect models Die per sector calculator

Experimental results Future work

Pollution elimination Find the optimal number of cuts

Conclusion

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A hybrid stacking procedure and a new wafer manipulation method:

Illustration of Our Efforts

B. Zhang, B. Li, V. D. Agrawal, “Wafer cut and rotation to improve the compound yield for 3D Wafer-on-Wafer stacking,“ Proc. International Test Conf., 2013, submitted.

Defect Distribution Models

Wafer Manipulations

Repository Replenishment Schemes

Matching Algorithms

Uni

form

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None

Rotation None

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Running

StaticStatic

[14] [22] [16] [17][24]

Gree

dy, I

MH,

ILP Iterative Greedy

FIFO, B

est-pair

Iterative Greedy

Iterative Greedy

Publication year (2009 - )

Wafer-on-w

afer stacking procedure

Rot

atio

n

Cut&Rotation

Running

Running

Best-pair

Best-pair

Cut&RotationHybrid

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Common wafer cut into sectors

Wafer Cut and Rotation

Cut

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Cut rotationally symmetric wafer to sectors:

Wafer Cut and Rotation

Cut

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Sub-wafers rotation:

Wafer Cut and Rotation

Rotate

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Discussion on the number of cuts:

Wafer Cut and Rotation

Places where no die can be placed

Illustration of Die loss on a wafer

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Process FlowBack-up wafer with rotational

symmetry

Back-up wafer with rotational

symmetry

Back-up wafer with rotational

symmetry

Pre-bond test Pre-bond test Pre-bond test

Cut & rotate Cut & rotate Cut & rotate

Runningrepository consists

of subwafers

Best-pair match

Best-one match

Stack of two subwafers

Final stack for post-bond processing

Runningrepository consists

of subwafers

Runningrepository consists

of subwafers

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SummaryDifferent wafer manipulation methods:

Names ExplanationsBasic Two wafers are matched directly

Rotation4 Two wafers can be matched in 4different ways due to rotational symmetry

Rotation2 Two wafers can be matched in 2different ways due to rotational symmetry

Cut and Rotation4 (CR4)

Each wafer is cut to 4 sectorsand with each sector rotated for matching

Cut and Rotation2 (CR2)

Each wafer is cut to 2 sectorsand with each sector rotated for matching

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Presentation Outline Introduction Problem Statement Previous efforts Our efforts

Proposed a hybrid wafer stacking procedure Proposed a new wafer manipulation method Exploited more defect models Die per sector calculator

Experimental results Future work

Pollution elimination Find the optimal number of cuts

Conclusion

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Experiments

We consider 200-mm wafers with edge clearance set as 5 mm.

Three types of chips with different die sizes:• Type1: 31.8 mm2, dies per wafer is 804, overall yield is 80.04%,• Type2: 63.4 mm2, dies per wafer is 436, overall yield is 61.27%• Type3: 131.6 mm2, dies per wafer is 184, overall yield is 50.97%

Experiment setup:

95 mm

100

mm

31.8 mm2

63.4 mm2131.6 mm2

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Experiments

A production size of 100,000 3D ICs is targeted in all experiments for each type of chips.

The running repository based best-pair matching algorithm is utilized in the experiment.

Employ Heap structure to speed up the matching process

Experiment setup:

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Normalized yield versus radius for three types of chips

Defect Model Used1) Uniform defect model2) Radial clustered degradation model:

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0.4

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yie

ld

Type 1Type 2Type 3

11 exp( ( ))

Yieldr

Inner core yieldType1: 88%Type2: 80%Type3: 70%

D. Teets, “A Model for Radial Yield Degradation as a Function of Chip Size,” IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 467–471, 1996.

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Comparison of Stacking Procedures on Uniform and Clustered Defect Models

Number of stacked layers: 2

Yield comparison between Basic, Rotation2, CR2 for type 3 chip

0 10 20 30 40 500.2

0.25

0.3

0.35

Repository size

Yie

ld

Cluster-CR2Cluster-Rotation2Uniform-CR2Uniform-Rotation2Uniform-Basic

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Impact of Cut Number and Rotation Number on Compound Yield

Number of stacked layers: 3

Normalized yield versus repository size for type 3 chips

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Impact of Total Number of Stacked Layers on Compound Yield

Repository size is set as 50

Normalized yield versus number of stacked layers for type 3 chip

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Impact of Wafer Yield on Compound Yield Repository size is set as 50

Normalized yield versus inner core wafer yield for type 3 chip

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Impact of Production Size on Compound Yield

Repository size : 25

Normalized yield versus production size for type 3 chip

0 200 400 600 800 10000.15

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0.25

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Production size

Yie

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CR4Rotation4CR2Basic

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Exploit More Defect Models

The spatial probability functions usedto generate the simulated Wafers.

Gray levels correspond to failure probabilities ranging from 0 (white) to 1 (black)

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

Pattern 4 Pattern 5 Pattern 6

Pattern 7 Pattern 8 Pattern 9

G. DeNicoao, E. Pasquinetti, G. Miraglia, and F. Piccinini, “Unsupervised spatial pattern classification of electrical fail-ures in semiconductor manufacturing,” in Artif. Neural Net-works Pattern Recognit. Workshop, 2003, pp. 125–131.

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Yield Comparison Between Different Stacking Procedures

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CR4Rotation4CR2Rotation2Basic

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(b) Pattern 2 (c) Pattern 3(a) Pattern 1

(e) Pattern 5 (f) Pattern 6(d) Pattern 4

(h) Pattern 8 (i) Pattern 9(g) Pattern 7

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Impact of Number of Stacked Layers on Compound Yield

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CR4CR2Rotation4Rotation2

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(b) Pattern 2 (c) Pattern 3(a) Pattern 1

(e) Pattern 5 (f) Pattern 6(d) Pattern 4

(h) Pattern 8 (i) Pattern 9(g) Pattern 7 39

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Impact of Production Size on Compound Yield

(b) Pattern 2 (c) Pattern 3(a) Pattern 1

(e) Pattern 5 (f) Pattern 6(d) Pattern 4

(h) Pattern 8 (i) Pattern 9(g) Pattern 7

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Presentation Outline Introduction Problem Statement Previous efforts Our efforts

Proposed a hybrid wafer stacking procedure Proposed a new wafer manipulation method Exploited more defect models Die per sector calculator

Experimental results Future work

Pollution elimination Find the optimal number of cuts

Conclusion

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Repository Pollution(downside of running repository)

Phenomenon:• As the production size increases (large production volume), the

compound yield of 3D stacked IC decreases continuously.

Reasons:• Unattractive wafers remain in the repository for many iterations,

occupying space, and in effect reducing the size of the repository in the long run.

General solution:• Need a mechanism to force the unattractive wafers to leave the

repository in a timely manner.

M. Taouil, S. Hamdioui, J. Verbree, and E. J. Marinissen, “On Maximizing the compound yield for 3D wafer-to-wafer stacked IC," in Proc. International Test Conf., 2010, pp. 1-10.

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Repository Pollution(downside of running repository)

Possible detailed solutions: Conduct running repository based matching and static repository based matching, alternatively.

Expunge poor wafers/quadrants from the repository if they have not been used after n tries, send them to a die stacking process to make some use of them

Exploiting a mechanism to force the unattractive wafer leave the repository at the same rate as they come in.

Utilize partial repository instead of running repository to reduce pollution and also enhance the compound yield.

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Find Optimal Number of Cuts(Current research is exploring this aspect)

In case of more than 4 cuts, two methods of placement:

Placement method 1 Placement method 2

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# of Dies Per Sector (DPS) Calculator

Placement method 1:

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L

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cos2 2 tan 2(1) { }

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floor

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# of Dies Per Sector (DPS) Calculator

Placement method 2:

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Relationship Between DPW and # of Cuts--- Case Study

# of Type 1 dies per wafer:

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Relationship Between DPW and # of Cuts--- Case Study

# of Type 2 dies per wafer:

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Relationship Between DPW and # of Cuts--- Case Study

# of Type 3 dies per wafer:

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Typical Die Size

http://www.geek.com/glossary/die-size/

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Comparison Between Two Placement Methods – Case Studies

12-inch wafer (# of cuts range from 4 to 8):

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Comparison Between Two Placement Methods – Case Studies

18-inch wafer (# of cuts range from 4 to 8): :

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Presentation Outline Introduction Problem Statement Previous efforts Our efforts

Proposed a hybrid wafer stacking procedure Proposed a new wafer manipulation method Exploited more defect models Die per sector calculator

Experimental results Future work

Pollution elimination Find the optimal number of cuts

Conclusion

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Conclusion

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Deal with the problem of low compound yield in W2W stacking Proposes a hybrid W2W stacking scheme Proposes wafer Cut and Rotation manipulation method for yield

improvement Extensive experimental results validate the cut and rotation

method Develop the die per sector calculator Need to solve repository pollution Need to find the optimal number of cuts

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